This Report was produced in implementation of the Convention stipulated on 10 April 2017 between the Presidency of the Council of Ministers - Department for Family Policies and the Istituto degli Innocenti in Florence for the monitoring of initiatives in favor of socio-educational services for early childhood and further activities.

This is an ex-post monitoring activity on the use the financial resources of the National Fund for Family Policies by the Regions and Autonomous Provinces with the aim of promoting  actions for early childhood and parental responsibilities (Agreement 103/CU of 2014), the setting up and development of Family Centres (Agreement 81/CU of 2015), birth support (Agreement 80/CU of 2016), support to families (Agreement 69/CU of 2017), as well as an in-depth analysis of the types of services / interventions carried out.